Long Beach, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- LBMC § 5.77.090(H)
- Strike threshold
- 3 citations in 18 months
- Owner response window
- 14 calendar days after notice
- Re-registration bar
- Minimum 12 months if revoked/disallowed
- Violence citations
- Count double toward the 3-strike total
Summary
Three citations against a Long Beach short-term rental within an 18-month period puts the registration on the line: the Director can revoke, suspend, disallow it, or impose new conditions, and a revoked or disallowed unit is barred from re-registering for at least 12 months regardless of who operates it.
H. If three (3) citations have been issued against a STR property, registered or unregistered, within an eighteen (18) month period, the STR registration may be revoked, suspended, disallowed, or additional conditions may be imposed by the Director by providing written notice to the STR property owner setting forth the basis of the intended action and giving the owner an opportunity, within fourteen (14) calendar days, to present responding information to the Director. After the fourteen (14) day period, the Director shall determine whether to revoke the registration, suspend the registration, disallow the registration, or impose additional conditions upon the registration and thereafter give written notice of the decision to the owner. If a STR registration is revoked or disallowed, no dwelling unit on that parcel may be registered with the City for a minimum period of twelve (12) months, regardless of who is the STR operator, and may only be registered thereafter upon request and review by the Director or their designee.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 52 Update 1 | City Charter: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
090(H) sets the City's three-strike framework for short-term rentals, registered or unregistered. Once three citations have issued against a property within 18 months, the Director may revoke, suspend, or disallow the STR registration, or impose additional conditions, but only after giving the property owner written notice of the basis for the action and 14 calendar days to respond. After that period, the Director issues a written final decision. If the registration is revoked or disallowed, no dwelling unit on that parcel may be registered as an STR again for a minimum of 12 months, no matter who the operator is, and re-registration after that requires the owner to request review by the Director.
090(C) doubles the weight of any citation involving violence on the property or by guests toward the three-citation threshold. 090(E) separately lets the Director suspend or cancel a registration outright if the operator fails to timely respond to a violence-related incident, without waiting for three strikes.
Violations & Fines
Each qualifying citation carries a $1,000 fine (§ 5.77.090(G)). Citations for on-property or guest violence count double toward the three-strike total (§ 5.77.090(C)). A revoked or disallowed registration bars any STR use of that parcel for 12 months; the owner may appeal the Director's revocation, suspension or disallowance decision to the Board of Examiners Appeals and Condemnation, whose ruling is final subject to judicial review.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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